Monday, February 4, 2013

Manual Mode Monday 10/52

F 2.8, 1/160, ISO 100
I'm working on my photography skills by taking a picture in Manual mode every week for a year. Feel free to link to your own manually-shot photography in the comments

8 comments:

  1. I love this shot! The colors are so vivid, but you didn't blow out your whites. I can never do that. If I'm trying to get super rich color like that, my whites are blown to kingdom come.
    Here's my (overblown) picture: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=497652046942687&set=a.143082762399619.28122.142929689081593&type=1&theater

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    1. That's probably thanks to the "vibrance" slider on Lightroom. :)

      Great shot, by the way- hilarious, as usual. And, I like your purple chairs.

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    2. Have you ever used PSE? I'm wondering what things you can do in Lightroom that I can't do in PSE. When I shoot in RAW I can adjust the vibrance, so I'll try that. But I know I always deliberately overexpose my pictures because I like everything to look light and airy (and by association, "clean").

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    3. I haven't, Cari, so I don't know a lot about the differences. I think the biggest difference is that Lightroom manages your photos for you (as an organizational system). I think (keyword: think) that photoshop elements is a stronger editing software, but Lightroom is excellent for organizing and enhancing.

      I still shoot Jpegs but one of my goals for this year is to switch to RAW because I'm starting to notice how shooting in Jpeg limits what I can do in Lightroom.

      I like overexposed images, too. :) It's WAY easier than cleaning the house, right? ;)

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  2. The colors are so bright! It screams summer to me:)
    Here is my shot:http://kingamonika.blogspot.com/2013/02/manual-mode-monday.html
    Honestly I have to come up with better ideas...

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    1. Love flower shots in the dead of winter! Thanks for linking up! :)

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  3. I love this picture. I got a canon rebel t2i last year and just started using the manual mode, thanks to your inspiration. :-)

    Here is my link:

    http://thetuckerbunch.typepad.com/just_another_day_in_parad/2013/02/manual-mode-monday-152.html

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  4. Very late for the linking, but here goes anyway! http://www.californiatokorea.com/2013/02/hat-and-scarf-theme-thursdays.html

    And I have to compliment you on your colors, too. Truly beautiful!

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